Essays about: "theory of jurisprudence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words theory of jurisprudence.

1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
   Keywords : Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

   Abstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE

3. 2. The road not taken - Killer Acquisitions, the changing nature of merger regulation and constitutional legitimacy in the modern EU

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Raoul Warnerbring; [2023]
   Keywords : Competition law; EU law; EUMR; Jurisprudence; Functional Constitutionalism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : With the recent Illumina/Grail judgement and subsequent prohibition, more and more scholars within the EU are starting to pay attention to killer acquisitions and are considering them as a growing problem. However, solutions to these problems must still be legitimate in accordance with the purpose, values and ideals of the EU. READ MORE

4. 3. Selective justice within the International Criminal Court and global inequalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Janette Pamela Vihinen; [2023]
   Keywords : International Criminal Court; selective justice; human rights; Rule of law; Third World Approaches to International Law methodology; African Union; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : African states have recently claimed that international law is transforming into a new form of colonialism and a hegemonic power masquerading as the international rule of law. The International Criminal Court's bias against the Third World African states in correlation to the human right to a fair trial is investigated. READ MORE

5. 4. Gender-based Discrimination in France, the Claimed State of Human Rights? : An Analysis of Gender-based Discrimination in the Application of French Legislation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Elise Marie Rouzier; [2022]
   Keywords : Gender-based discrimination; women; transgender; Feminist Jurisprudence Theory; French legislation;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on gender-based discrimination in the application of French legislation. Discrimination is a major principle of Human Rights. Women and gender minorities, although they are subjected to discrimination, are protected by international treaties and conventions against it. READ MORE

6. 5. Future land use and the pre-emption of conflicts

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)

   Author : Åsa Lindh; [2022]
   Keywords : Land use; land use planning; national interests; nature with legal personhood; conflict management; conflict pre-emption; wind power; energy landscapes; indigenous knowledge; environmental science; environmental law; environmental ethics and jurisprudence; sustainability; innovation theory;

   Abstract : As the title presents, this thesis will explore the area of land use, and in this context, planning for managing potential conflicts that occur today and are likely to continue to arise in the future.  To assist with a potential solution, the concepts of ‘nature with legal person hood’, and ‘national interests’ (‘riksintressen’) falling under Swedish environmental law, will be the focus. READ MORE